St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-21


Dutch ladies, but they were paralyZed
with terror and wouldn't get
up, despite all entreaties. l
heard others con lain about the
conduct of the Dutch sailors. The con-
fusion was extreme. Everybody seemed
terror stricken. This may account for
the apparent want of discipline. The
frantic passengers unnerved some of
the crew, preventing them from acting
as bravely as they might have done.
The captain did his best to restore order.
/ belive good lookout was kept. We
mad our lights up"
THE SECOND OFFICER DECLARES
that every precaution had been taken
on board the Scholten. A good lookout
was kept and Capt Taat had not only
the ordinary watch on the bridge at the
time of the disaster, but all the officers,
who intended to remain there until the
vessel was fairly down the channel.
The captain was last seen at his post
trying to quiet the passengers and get
the boats off.
AMONG THE BODIES
landed at Dover are the following:
A woman with letter addressed, 'Hur-
rome, Rue st. Giles. Brussels" Gold
schmidt cigar dealer of London;a a man
with linen marked jacket; Jew with
letter addressed "Debenstein Hermann, 1913
Stanton street. New York.; man with
a letter addressed "John Kochnel, San
dusky;' Henri Blanc, of Ohio. the sole cabin
passenger; Freidmann, merchant OF
Kowal.
The other bodies are mostly those of
females. The engineer, after being in
the water three hours, was rescued and
landed at Newhaven.
l.. Genken. c. Freilich and A. Hamer-
ton were saved. The body of Rive Bell
has been identified. The quays at
Dover were crowded throughout the
day with people who had come
to watch the recovery of bodies.
No bodies were recovered during the
morning, because the tide was running
to the eastward, but many were brought
back with the ebb. Darkness prevented
the recovery of more bodies, but many
boats and tugs have put to sea on the
chance Of picking up others in the
morning. Many of those whose bodies
have been recovered look as if they had
been
FROZEN TO DEATH.
The Rosa Mary sustained extensive
damage and was only kept aflOat by her
watertight bulkheads. An officer of the
Scholten states that the Rosa Mary was
carrying no side light, but was showing
the usual masthead lights to indicate
that she was lying at anchor. They
steered straight down the channel,
leaving her sufficient room to pass clear.
When they drew near they found that
ing right on to them. They tried
to signal her off, but it was too
late. She struck the SchOlten on the
port bow, ripping off the plates some
distance and exposing the interior. The
hole made extended below the water
line. The officers of the Rosa Mary
aver that they were lying at anchor and
were run into. They say that they did
not weigh anchor until morning. 1t is
reported that the captain of the Rosa
Mary denies the statement that his YES
sci was in collision with the W. A.
Scholten. He AYERS that the Rosa Mary
was injured by collision with another
vessel while lying at anchor.
HERE'S A CLUE.
1t is stated that mackerel boat Just
arrived at Hastings reports that
steamer ran across and damaged her
nets in the early part of last night, and
that the mackerel boat gave chase to the
vessel in the hope of identifying her and
claiming compensation. While chasing
the steamer the crew of the mackerel
boat saw her run into the SchOlten. A
color of truth is given TO this story by
the fact that fragments of fishing nets
were found on the bows of the Rosa
Mary.
PARALYZED WITH COLD.
DR.. Ayme, of New York, the Schol-
tens surgeon, is of the opinion that the
Rosa Mary had just weighed anchor and
that the crew had forgotten to put up
the side lights. He says that
many of those saved by the
EbrO were paralyzed with cold and
were with difficulty resuscitated. When
he last saw Capt. Taat the latter was
standing on the bridge trying to pre-
vent the steerage passengers from be-
Sieging the boats. The break in the
ships side was aft the bulkhead and
was eight feet wide. The unservicea-
BILE boats, which were cut away, posSi-
bly, fioated when the steamer sank.